latotown Wftfelg fjemnttai
VOL. XXVII.
HOW TIE SAW IT.
The Fearful Experience of Mr. Henry Vler-
Ing In the 1 " \
For several day ß after Se flood Mr.
Henry Viering, the well-known furniture
dealer at the corner of Railroad and Jack
son streets, suffered great bodily pain
from injuries received on the fatal Friday,
■but his bodily pain was as nothing com
'pared to his mental agony. He lost in
' the flood his whole family, consisting of
his wife and throe children. In au inter
view he said, substantially as follows :
•• I was at home with my wife and chil
dren when the alarm came. We hurried
from the house leaving everything behind
us. As we readied the door a friend of
mine was running by. He grasped the
two smallest children, one under each arm,
and hurried on ahead of us. I had my
arm around my wife's waist supporting
her. Behind us we could hear the fiood
rushing. In one hurried glance as I pass
ed a corner I could see the fearful flood
crunching and crackling the houses in its
fearful grasp with 110 possiblity of escape,
as we were too far away from the hill
side. In a (huh I saw my three dearcbil
dren licked up by it und disappear from
sight, as I and my wife were thrown in
the air by the rushing ruins. We found
' ourselves in uuioug a lot or drift, driving
along witli the speed of a race horse. In a
moment or two we were throwu with a
crash agaiest the side of a large frame
building, whose wails gave way as if they
were made of pie crust, and the timbeis
began to fall about us in all directions.
Up to this time 1 retained a firm hold on
my wife, but as 1 found myself pinned
between two heavy timbers, the agony
caused my senses to leave me momentarily
I recovered instantly in time to see my
3 wife's head just disappearing under
water.
" Like lightning I grasped her by the
hair,and as best I could, pinioned as I was
above the water by the timber, I raised
her above it. The weight proved too
much and she sank again. Again I pulled
her to the surface ami again she sank
This 1 did again and again without avail.
->he drowned in t nit grasp, and at lust
dropped from my nerveless hands to leave
my sight forever.
•' As if I had, not suffered enough, a few
moments later 1 saw white ob
jects whirling around iu an eddy until,
reaching again the current, they floated
past me. My God, man! would you be
lieve me y It was my children, all dead.
Their dear little faces urn before ine now
—distorted ill a look of agony—that, no
matter what I do. haunts me. Oh, if I
could only have released myself at that
time I would have willingly gone with
them. I was rescued sometime after and
have been here ever since. I have since
learned that my friend, who so bravely
endeavored to save two of the children,
has been iost with them."
Kueotirauing.
One of the encouraging signs of a
speedy and thorough clean up of the town
is the measure in which the work is be
ing prosecuted under the new manage
ment. Lots are being relieved of trees,
logs and stumps in an incredibly short
space of time. The gang of twenty-tive
nten under David VV. Harshberger on both
sides of Locust street between Franklin
and Clinton have accomplished wonders in
one short day. The workmen now are dis
tributed in small spuads all over town,
so that there are not a score or two stand
ing off and watching whatja half dozen do.
The commendable progress made in the
last two days under the new contractors
is of the most encouraging character. Let
the good work go on at the same rate, and
a few weeks will give the washed-out
town a different appearance, and enable
lot owners to begin to bu'id.
Full of Interesting Beading.
HolUdaysburg Register.
We last week received the first cpy of
the JOHNSTOWN DEMOCRAT that has been
issued since the flood. It looks well and
is full of interesting reading matter. Our
friend Woodruff has the sympathy of the
craft in the losses he sustained and all
hope he may soon be himself again.
Thirty-One Drowned.
Robert Butler's house, the P. It. It. Ho
tel, more generally known as the Field
house property, on Iron street, Millville
borough, had in it at the time of the flood
thirty-one persons, not one of whom is
known to have escaped, and none of tii
bodies, we are informed, have yei, been
found.
Knocked Out.
The machinery and type in the DEMO
CRAT office were more generally wrecked
by the flood than we were aware of, and
the issuing of the DAII.T and WEEKL 1 "-
DEMOOEAT is attended with some incon
venience. The condition waß so unfavor
able that our reporters and foreman have
engaged in other business, and some of
our printers have gone to more favored
localities. Notwithstanding these little
annoyances the DEMOCRAT will be pub
lished, and we will " get there all the
same."
Educated Indian!.
INDIAN SCHOOL, CARLISLE, PA., July 9,
—One hundred and seventeen young In
dians, belonging to tribes in Dakota,Mon-
JOHNSTOWN, CAMBRIA COUNTY, PA., FRIDAY, JULY 12, 1889.
OBITUARY
DR. L. T. BEAM.
Among many other gcod men, valua
ble citizens numbered among the victims
of our terrible disaster was this eminent
physician. The writer of this knew bim
well, knew him intimately, knew him for
more than a quarter of a century, andean
truthfully say a better man, a nobler man,
a grander man he has never known ; and
while not doubting the creative power of
the author of all existence he does not be
lieve that a better man, taking him all
in ail, was ever created.
Possessing in the highest degree the
best elements of human nature " none
knew him but to love him; nor knew him
but to praise." In an exceptional degree
he possessed all the elements of the high
est type of manhood, kind, courteous,
generous, amiable, courageous, honora
ble, dignified he drew others to him and
held them by the tics ol endearment. Al
ways open and frank he had nothing in
his business relations with others or in
his social intercourse with frieuds to con
ceal. lie shunned not the pursuit of a
straightforward course by reason of the
adulation or frowns of men—not belong
ing to that class who " crook the preg
nant binges of the knew, that thrift might
follow fawning." He was a man that
took " fortune's butTets and rewards witli
equal thanks ; " and whose *' blood and
judgment were so well commingled that
they were not a pipe for fortune's fingers
in a word, such a man as could be warm
•• in one's heart's core, ay, in his heart ol
hearts."
He was a native of Westmoreland
county, l\i., and graduated at the Cinciu
nuti Medical School in 1857. For several
succeeding years lie was one of the most
sueecs-ful practitioners of the Ligonier
Valley. During the sixteeu years he lived
in Johnstown his large practice not only
gave him a deservedly high reputation as
one of Johnstown's most eminent physi
cians. but placed him upon a prosperous
financial basis.
lie was a diligent student, and kept
hiniself iu tiie advanced line of lite coun
try's tliorouguly educated medical men.
His library, which was one of the largest
private ones iu town, was filled with all
late publications ot all lire medical sys
tems. As a writer his style was clear,
concise ami elegant, ami lie occupied an
enviable position among the ablest writers
of tiie Eclectic school ot medicine.
The following shows the regards
of those who were his intimate associates:
The National Eclectic Medical Associa
tion. at its ia;e meeting, held in Nash
ville, Tenn., testified to his superlative
worth by resolving, " That we recoguized
hiui as otic of the most able, unselfish and
successful members of the medical pro
fession. * * That we owe him for
his efforts, his writings uud his self-for
getting exertions in otir behalf an obliga
tion which we are unable to pay ; that in
all walks of lite lie was brave, just, and
faithful—a mau who sou,at only to know
the right that he might do It with all his
means, and energy ; in a word, that he
was an upright citizen, a model physi
cian, a careful instructor and the exemp
lar of every worthy and manly qual
ity." X.
Kxcurftion to Atlantic City via the It. * O
The announcement that, the Baltimore
and Ohio R. li. Co.. will again this sum
mer resume their select excursion to the
most popular of our seashore resorts, will
be hailed with delight by the public, who
appreciate the advantages offered in these
trips. The low rates, long time limit and
the privilege of their best train service
running on regular schedule, composed of
fast express trains, elegant day coaches,
Pullman's best equipment and Vestibuled
Limited Express trains are among the ad
vantages afforded by the B. it 0., and the
stop-off at Washington on the return
trip will allow the sightseer an opportu
nity to take in the points of interest in
and about the Capital before returning
home, and form a fitting termination to a
week's sojourn at the shore.
The first of these select excursions will
be run on Thursday, July 18th, 1889, we
give below a list of stations showing the
time of trains and round trip rates of fare:
Train Train
Stations. Kate. Leaves. Leaves.
Coniiuenee 9 00 10 52 A.M.12 oti A. M.
Rockwood soo lias " 14 48 "
Johnstown 525 s4O " .a oo p. M.
Somerset oo 10 11 " ti 07 •'
Meyersdale 850 11 58 " 114 A.M.
Byndman 800 la 47 P. M. a os "
Cumberland 750 lao " 240 "
Correspondingly low rates are made
from other stations on the line.
The tickets are good Ten days with the
privilige of a stop-off at Washington, D.
C., on the return journey.
A broken truck under one of the cars
threw a freight train off the New York
Central track a mile and a half east of
Hoffman's yesteiday morning, Several
cars were badly wrecked and the four
tracks were completely blocked for six
hours. No one was.injured.
The; Pope's Successor.
BRUSSELS, July B.—The Rome corres
pondent of the Jndependance Belgt says
that the Pope at the recent consistory ad
vised that Cardinal Lavigerio be selected
as his successor.
ABOUT TOWN.
What the Merchants Are Doing—What Is
Going on.
Mr. Duvid Dibert has iiad the blissful
experience of a second cleaning out of the
cellar south cast corner of Main and
Franklin streets, preparatory to erecting
a large business block. His purpose is to
build of brick, and put up a structure that
will be a credit to the town.
It will contain four large storerooms, and
sixteeu offices. But he says the enterprise
depends upon the thorough cleaning
up of the town, and the construction of
substahtiul bridges.
What wonderful progress has been made
in removing rubbish from somo streets
and alleys, very little has been done in
cleaning out cellars. Possibly twenty
five or thirty have been relieved of the
surplus matter lodged in them, and most
all of them by their owners. But little of
this kiud of work, except hauling the stuff
away, lias been done as yet by the State
authorities.
The fuinily of H. W. Given, merchant
on Iron street, in Millville borough, had
a sorrowful experience. At the time of
the hacked water surrounding the house,
cutting off all means of escape, there
were twelve of the family at home, and
the flood from the reservoir swept the
building off its foundation and carried it
up the street past the school house, then
down lo the Point, where six of them
were rescued. Of the six sons, daughters
and daughters in law that were lost, only
four of their bodies were found. Their
hou>e was uot swept away with the first
douward current, imt withstood it to be
destroyed by tlie returning one. It was
the last one in the ward tobe swept away.
Roland's wrecked brick building is
the only one left in that part of Railroad
street. His slock of flour and feed was
lost. He, wife and two daughters es
caped, but iiis son Louis, wife and one
child were drowned.
The room formerly iu tiie occupancy of
A. Natiiau, drowned, on Main street,goes
into the hands of Joseph E. Hess, who is
cleaning it tip to be tilled with a new
stock of goods. We regret to learn that
Mrs. Nullum, lite widow, now at Atlantic
City, is only slowly recovering from Iter
attr.ck of partial paralysis.
The business men who expect to resume
at their old stands on Franklin, Main and
Clinton streets are now all busy in selling
off and giving away the few damaged
goods yet remaining. Very little has
been realised on things that have been
sold. Tlmse who were most fortunate in
saving a little of their stocks oil Franklin
are William Kramer and G. W. Moses.
Petri kin A Miller lost nearly everything,
as did the successors of Brinker Brothers.
The two small brick stners on the United
Presbyterian lot are to be replaced with
much larger oues. 11. L. Williams, at
the Stargardter stand, ts still in the boot
and shoe trade, and has alrerdy received
a new invoice of goods. Scott Dtbert's
Checkered Front is full of life iu tiiy work
of cleaning up and seli'ng. Lou Cohen
will continue at his old stand, and add
the clothing business to his other branch.
John Stengel', John Thomas, Woolf, Soil
<fc Thomas, llohmauu Brothers, E. Zang,
C. G. Campbell, Cohen & Marx, Abe
Cohen, W. S. Weaver, ou Main street,
will be ready in a few weeks to offer to
their customers lines of new goods
" cheaper titan ever." Tito administra
tors of the V. Louther estate have not yet
decided whether to resume business or
not. Dr. H. T. DcFrance, temporarily
located on Franklin street, expects to get
back into his old place, corner of Main
aud Clinton, when proper repairs are
made to the building.
On Clinton, C. O. Luther's store, and
Foster & Quiun's will be among the mis
sing ; but Bantley fc Froenheiser, A. G.
Utecht & Co.,Carr,Oglcville & Horten, C.
Ruth, and Frank Maloy will resume at
their former stands. Wm. Updegrave is
not certain as to what lie will do. He
may stock up again, but not for some
time.
Charley Zimmerman has a new stable
nearly completed, and will soon be ready
as of yore to aocommodate the public,
and " the rest of mankind," with horses,
carriages, buggies and wagons.
Mr. Stephen Varner,one of Johnstown's
best policemen, is laid up for repairs out
in Richlond township. We,hope for his
speedy restoration. His wife says steps
are being taken to erect a house in place
of the one swept away.
Among the new firms ou Main street
is that of McMillan & Co., composed of
James ;A. McMillan and 11. L. Coulter.
They are located at 219, and will carry on
the plumbing, gas and steam-fitting busi
ness.
WELCOMED BACK. •
Altoona Mirror.
We welcome the JOHNSTOWN DEMOCRAT
back to our table of good newspapers, and
wish Brother Woodruff increased patron
age, fair sailing in wider channels over
the sea of journalism, and with no break,
ing of dams to overwhelm or impede his
progress.
MRS. M. A. MOCLUKB and son William,
of New Bloomfield, were in the city
yesterday.
THE JOHNSTOWN RELIEF FUND.
Ib ttu Editor of the Johnstown Democrat.
There should be no difference in refer
ence to the method of distributing the
Johnrtown relief fund. The custodians
of the relief fuads all over the country,
amounting to millions of dollars in the
aggregate, do not know what is required
by the stricken people of the Concmaugh
valley and the money should be distribu
ted by men who live in the region and are
with the great business interests
of the flooded valley. The question sim
ply Is, getting the money subscribed Dy
the people to relieve the dire distress of
the people into their hands, and the
money be forthwith sent to them. There
should ie no further delay in delivering
over to the inhabitants of the Conemaugh
valley the money that is theirs by right.
I regret that the junketing sub-commit
tees sent to Johnstown ostensibly to dis
cover the most pressing needs of the suf
ferers only appear to furnish pretext for
dlay. Thus far the various commit
tees have not been satisfactory. The
only one thus far of all the volunteer vis
itors who seem to have thoroughly ap
preciated the distressful condition of the
people of Johnstown was the Mayor of
St. Louis, who gave out his money on
every hand to the sufferers. The impov
erished sufferers of Johnstown should
revere the memory of the kind-hearted
Mr. Noonan, Mayor of St. Louis.
Let the money be sent immediately and
properly distributed among the people
who need it lirst. G. KELSON SMITH.
Settling Up the Johnstown Fund.
New York Sun, of Wednesday.
The Conemaugh Valley Relief Commit
tee met yesterday. There were present
Mayor Grant, President Smith of the
Chamber of Commerce, J. Edward Sim
mons of the Fourth National Bank, ex-
President Orr of the Produce Exchange,
ex-Park Commissioner John D. Crirc
mitts, and Banker Walter Stanton. The
committee asked for information as to the
situation at Johnstown, and a despatch
from Governor Beaver was read by Mal
colm Kerr of the Corporation Counsel's
office, which suggested that the commit
tee should indicate what amount could be
placed at the disposal of the Johnstown
authorities. Mr. Orr said the whole fund
should be placed at the disposal of Gov
ernor Beaver. On motion of Mr. Crim
miits, however, Governor Beaver was au
thorized to draw t?2'>o,ooo, in addition to
1?150,000 now awaiting his order. This
will leave in the committee's hands fsll,-
521.51). -Mr. Simmons, treasurer ot the
fund, reported as follows :
Total contributions $511,521.69
Forwarded to (iov. Heaver 180,000,00
Awaiting the Governor's order on au
thorization of the committee 350,000.00
'1 hese amounts were received yesterday by J.
Edward Simmons, treasurer or the fund .-
AVtr Yui'k Snuiti-ZritHH{J $118.50
The Hon. Hugh .1. Grant, Mayor 187.05
Engineers, Inspectors and others on the
tirth divisions or the new aqueduct,
through John C. Sheehnn, secretary— 217.50
Total ...1503.03
Death of it re we.- Goeuner, of Cambria City.
This community was startled yesterday
by the announcement of the death of
Jacob (Jocuuer, of Cumbria. lie was
known everywhere as the proprietor of
the Cambria Coy brewery, and had a host
of friends. While not in the best of
health for some time he was able to be
about his business on Tuesday, and on
Wednesday morning his body wns
swollen to an abnormal extent and
his condition was found to be serious. He
lingered along in great agony till about
five o'clock when he died.
There was not a property within two
squares of his place on Front street that
withstood the flood except his own. It
was damaged considerable, but it was put
in repair and for the past few weeks
the brewery has been in operation. Only
day or two ago he was up town and call
ed at the DEMOCRAT office on business,
when he seemed to be in his usual health.
Funeral notice will be given to-morrow.
All Olil Friend.
I.atrobe Advance.
Friday, July 5, the Johnstown DEMO
CRAT made is first appearance since the
flood. It came out in weekly form but
will no doubt resume the publication of
the daily addition as soon as matters in
and about the devastated e ity get in bet
ter shape. The office was formerly lo
cated Jin the B. & O. railroad building.
This was so badly wrecked by the flood as
to be unsafe, and Mr. Woodruff, in order
to resume the publication of his paper,
was compelled to erect a one story struc
ture on Franklin street, in which he is
now located. We welcome the DEMOCRAT
as an old friend, and also the Tribune
which is printed in the same building it
occupied before the disaster.
All Claims of Knlglits of Honor to bo Paid
The Knights of Honor aro prepared to
pay all losses caused by the flood, and
those who are entitled to the money
should get their claims in good lega
shape, when they will be paid. The loss
to the order here was #19,000.
HATE you noticed that, now as summer
approaches, people on the sunny side of
life are less liable to sunstroke than those
on the shady side ?
THE PUMPKIN FLOOD.
Who that has lived in Johnstown, for
any length of time has not heard of it ?
Our old citizens often refer to it, espe
cially in seasons of high water. It got its
name from the fact that it swept go many
fields lying along the Stonycreek, bring
ing down thousands of pumpkins, leav
ing the place tilled with enough to make
pumpkin pies for all of New England,
and to feed droves of hogs and cattle for
months. Its date is fixed away back in
the thirties—say about 1831 or '32.
Nothing like it has ever been experi
enced here until the overflow ot two years
ago, when water, like a river, poured
down Main street, depositing saw-logs
and drift in Clinton. Market, Walnut and
other streets. Though there was no big
stone bridge then at the Point,and though
neither the Stonycreek nor the Cone
rnaugh had been encroached upon byway
of narrowing their beds, some of our
" oldest inhabitants " say, the only spot
011 which the town was built which was
not submerged, was the lot on the north
west corner of Vine and Walnut streets.
Thus it will be seen that while the nar
rowing of the streams by new embank
ments, makes the town an easier prey to
overflows, a forty-days'-and-nights'-rain,
or a "cloud-burst," is hard to guard
against.
Odd Fellows Visit.
The officers of the Grand Lodge of
Pennsylvania, I. 0.0. F. paid a visit to
Johnstown to make a personal examina
tion of the situation. The officers were
Rev. D. Craft, Grand Master; C. D. Free
man, Deputy Grand Master; James
B. Nicholson, Graud Secretary; M. Rich
ards Muckle, Graud Treasurer, also Amos
H. Hall, Grand Patriarch of the Grand
Encampment of Pennsylvania, and R. P.
Cautfield, Past Grand. The Graud Treas
urer, deposited for ttie benefit of the des
titute children, widows and orphans f30,-
000 in the First National Bank, to be dis
tributed by the Committee of which Col.
John P. Linton is Chairman, and W. T.
Colliver is Treasurer. From Pittsburgh
there were present Past Graud Master
John A. Myler, Past Grand Master John
W. Haney, Past Grand Beggs and P. A.
Shanor, Grand Conductor of the Grand
Lodge.
The Children's Aid Societies.
The whole of the good work done by
these societies will probably never be
known. The work done in this place
since the flood by both of the organiza
tions can oniy be partially told, as, tuttcii
of the w >rk done has been in the shape of
help to families aud petrous whose names
are withheld from the p
The La-tern Socit-lv, w ttu Miss Maggi
Brooks as manager, bus been provided
willi a '.cut portable building, stationed ui
the iniilli end ol the Kernville nidge
Thirty persons have been s'-ut by ibis so
ciety lo Atlantic Oily with fiec tr -pol
lution, and mi additional fanioy •>! three
in addition to the above number v.seat
last night. Two girls have been .-cut to
East Orange, where, in tout beautiful sub
urb of New York City, they ate to In
trained at 1 tie expense ol the oigatU/ta
lion as Kindergarten instrut tors . n en
abled to support theiusoivcs. in no diiou
to this much general work lias been dom
in the way of distributing provisions and
supplies to needy persons.
The Western Society, in charge of Miss
H. A. N. Duncan, whose efficient ser
vices and untiring kindnessfis well-known
to ail Johnstowners, has equalled the for
mer in the amount of work it has done
and assistance rendered. They arc com
fortably located in the Berlin house, at
the corner of Main and Jackson streets.
Clasped ill Chubby Arms.
William Varner relates a touching epi
sode. He was working to rescue those he
could. Suddenly a chubby little boy
came along clinging to a piece of fencing.
Varner reached the fence witli a pole and
drew it toward him. Then lie rushed in
to the water and snatched the boy from
the frail raft.
Back to the bank he went with a pair of
chubby arms squeezed tightly around his
neck. Varner attempted to set his bur
den down, but the little arms clung des
perately. " You saved me," he cried, and
he squeezed with all his might. His
arms were forced away while the little
fellow struggled and screamed. It was
the clasp of an affection born of terror.
Young Men's Christian Association.
The Young Men's Christian Association
has established temporary headquarters
in the Berlin hottse at the corner of Main
and Jackson streets. General Secretary
S. L. Harter, has been at his home at Ber
wick, Pa., for some time recuperating,
and expects soon to return. In the mean
time the rooms are in the charge of Mr.
Adam Murman, formerly Assistant Secre
tary at Harrisburg, aow Assistant State Sec
retary. An attempt is being made to secure
room to erect a temporary one story four
room building, where young men can find
good reading matter as well as good com
pany and wholesome Influences. Mr.
Murman will remain till August, whon
Mr, Harter is expected.
NO. 14.
MR. DAYltt' THRILLING STORY
Of the Wreck of the Day Express.
The following account of the flood by
Mr. Swift Davis, of Safe Harber. Sir.
Davis said : " The Express left Pittsburgh
on Friday morning at 8 o'clock, and ar
rived at Conemaugh three hours later. My
wife and three children were on the first
section as were also Miss Paulson and
Miss Bryant, whom I was introduced to
and asked to take charge of. Soon after
we arrived at Conemaugh a portion of the
railroad track next to the river had been
washed away. On the next track was an
open freight train, one car of which was
full of lime. Our section, the parlor car,
occupied the third track, while the second
section had a position on the out
side next the hill. The rain was coming
down in torrents, andl felt a little uneasy,
I knew about the South Fork dam above
us and I felt the danger of it bursting. I
held a consultation with my wife about
the advisability of getting out of the train,
but it was raining so hard, and she not
being well we decided that if anythiag
happened we would have warning enough
to flee to the hills. I then talked to the
Pullman Conductor and asked him what
he thought of the danger, lie said he did
not know, but would go over into town
and see if he could learn anything.
About four o'clock in the after
noon we heard an e. etne coming
towards us with lightning .me rapidtiy
and whistling wildly. It v. . 'die warn
ing. I then threw up my window and
saw the water comiug. I | tc l up my
two oldest children, and tol l.my wife to
follow with the baby. When I got to the
door I looked around and sw my wife
without the baby. " Where's the baby T
said I. The conductor has iishe replied.
" It was all I could do to ; tve my wife
and two children, then, even if the baby
had to perish. We went o.it the front
end of the car and climbed over the sec
ond section, shot over a plank and then
ran up the hill a half mile, where I put
my wife and one child, and then with my
daughter Kate went out to search for the
baby and the Misses Paulson and Bryan.
My daughter found the baby in another
house and took it to her mother. I then
continued my search for the two young
ladies. I met the Pullman conductor and
asked him what had become of them. He
•old me that Miss Paulson and Miss Bryan
had been saved, but I remaimd up all
night iooking for them, but to no avail-
Between five and six o'clock it. the even
ing the lime in the freight rain caught ou
fire from the heavy ruin upon it. The
freight cars burned and tin. fire com muni
cated to the second section, setting fire to
the Pullman sleepers.
"I don't suppose the water was oue
■uimite lichiud the engine that gave us
the only warning, for when i looked out
the wmdow I could sec it rolling dowu
n;i- n us. The passengers who got out of
::ie rear end of the car had to wade
through water up to their knees, but we
did not get iu high water at all. Iu less
than live minutes after wo crossed the
plauk I have spoken of the water was
fully ten feet above it. The water struck
the train, 1 think, from the side, and
knocked the baggage-car and one passen
ger coach oil lite track, A coal tipple
tumbled down upon our engine and left
us a passage for over a minute. This, I
believe, is what saved our lives.
The cars that were knocked off the
track rolled over, and I saw two men
climb out of the window, go down twice
and come up, and finally disappear. The
tire on the train was extinguished during
the early part of the evening, but ignited
again about 8 o'clock in the morning.
Miss Virginia Moloney, of E'izabethtown,
N. J., and a cook employed by the Mc-
Collough party were all who remained
in the parlor car during the flood and
were taken out as soon as the water re
ceded. Had we all followed their exam
ple and remained iu the Pullman cars
the tale would not be lialf so hard to tell.
We would have all been saved, Miss Ma
loney it was who told me of the fate of
Miss Paulson and Miss Hryau. She said
that when the engine whistled, the two
young ladies ran to the door, looked out,
and came back for their wraps. Then
they went to the door again and jumped
into the raging torrent. That was the
last seen of them. Miss Maloney said she
would rather take the chances and remain
in the car. She did so and was saved.
The Pullman conductor handed our baby
to Mr. James Dunn, of Chicago, who car
ried her safely up the hill to the house
where she was found by my daughter."
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A .lolinHtown Show.
On the road in great shape, Three of
our men started east yesterday with a
view of showing to the outside world
some of the horrors in which the flood left
our once compactly built place. Two
of them, S. C. Poland and Otto Kopelln,
will work the picture part, and Reuben
Linton will be the spokesman. Some who
have seen the show say it is a good one
and ought to be liberally patronized.
The Pater: " Well, Dr. Raptail, I lika
your school very much, and I think I'll
put my boy hero. But tell me what sort!
of boys do you turn out?" The Doctor J
" The bad ones."— Funny Folks.